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SRI LANKA’s responses to questions on accountability for rights violations at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November were evasive and packed with clichés. This should spur the international community to demand Colombo cooperate in

People for Equality and Relief in Lanka. 1629 K Street, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006! PEOPLE FOR EQUALITY AND RELIEF IN LANKA Sri Lanka Must Heed the Call of Victims and Address Disappearances (Washington, DC;

What happened to the 146,679 Eelam Tamils still missing? Sri Lanka leads the global torture list, again Today is the “International Day of the Disappeared. August 30th marks the International Day of the

Three ex-LTTE carders held in remand at the Anuradhapura Prison had commenced a hunger strike since this morning urging authorities to expedite their court case, officials said. “The three detainees had refused to take breakfast

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, who is to visit Sri Lanka this week, will announce Australian assistance to combat dengue fever in Sri Lanka together with President Maithripala Sirisena, Australian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced

The GMOA said today the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) was acquired by the government on a lease agreement. GMOA Secretary Haritha Aluthge told a news conference the GMOA would consider the acquisition as one

TNPF Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam delivered speech in UN’s Human rights council 34th Session today(15.3.2017).This statement is made in collaboration with the Tamil National People’s Front. When resolution A/HRC/30/1 on Sri Lanka was passed in October

Two innocent Jaffna University students, Nadarajah Kajan (23) and Pavunraj Suluxan (24), were gunned down on Thursday (20.10.2016) early morning by the Sinhalese Police while they were returning to their residence on their motorbike. They